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## [The Pitfalls of Passwords](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/noho-pcs-blog/bid/140544/The-Pitfalls-of-Passwords)

 Posted by [Serges LaRiviere](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/noho-pcs-blog/author/serges-lariviere) on Wed, Mar 07, 2012

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Recently the Government of [Syria was hacked](http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/report-assads-office-hacked-password-was-12345) and their emails were leaked to the web.  Of the 78 email inboxes that were hacked, some of them used the default password “12345? which some email servers use for new accounts with an instruction to change the password the first time you log on.

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